Trending Now - Tribeca Festival to Showcase Groundbreaking AI Film 'dreams of Violets
WHO:
Deadline - The film "Dreams of Violets" is produced and directed by brothers Ash and Pooya Koosha.
Variety - The film is produced by the studio Foundation 0.
WHAT:
Variety - The film "Dreams of Violets" is a 75-minute docudrama inspired by the protests that swept Tehran in January, highlighting five Iranians who meet in a Tehran alley before they’re executed, all witnessed from a window by Amir, a 10-year-old boy with cerebral palsy.
Variety - The clashes depicted in the film reflect real-world protests between Iranian authorities and civilians, which left at least 7,000 people dead and more than 50,000 people arrested, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency.
Variety - The film was created at a cost of about $2,000, according to Fountain 0.
Variety - The project took three months to complete, utilizing various AI tools for video generation, language editing, research, and imagery.
Deadline - "Dreams of Violets" is a feature-length narrative film completely generated by AI.
Variety - The film is a fully AI-generated film that aims to showcase Iranian civilian resistance.
Variety - The premiere of "Dreams of Violets" at the Tribeca Festival marks the first full-length, live-action film generated by AI to be accepted by a marquee film festival.
WHERE:
Deadline - The film will screen at the Tribeca Festival.
WHEN:
Variety - The 2026 Tribeca Festival runs from June 3-14 in New York.
Deadline - "Dreams of Violets" will premiere at the Tribeca Festival on June 10, 2026.
WHY:
Variety - Tribeca co-founder Jane Rosenthal stated that the film "offers audiences a rare and intimate perspective into a conflict many have not been able to fully see or understand."
Variety - Director Ash Koosha stated that the film exists because "the dead deserve to be witnessed and because the families inside Iran, who cannot speak, deserve someone outside who refuses to forget."
Deadline - The film is a fictional dramatization of events surrounding the massacre of Iranian civilians that occurred last January.
HOW:
Variety - The film was created using tools such as Kling AI for video generation, Anthropic’s Claude AI for language-related editing, Google’s Gemini and Nanobanana for research and imagery, and Fountain 0’s own technology for blocking and frame accuracy.
Variety - The film is described as being completely generated by AI.
(UPDATED May 27, 2026 21:33 UTC)
The 2026 Tribeca Festival is set to take place in New York from June 3 to June 14, showcasing a film that offers audiences a rare and intimate perspective into a conflict many have not been able to fully see or understand, according to co-founder Jane Rosenthal. This innovative film was created using advanced tools, including Kling AI for video generation and Anthropic’s Claude AI for language editing, among others. Additionally, Google’s Gemini and Nanobanana were utilized for research and imagery, while Fountain 0’s own technology ensured precise blocking and frame accuracy.
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(UPDATED May 27, 2026 19:46 UTC)
A new docudrama titled "Dreams of Violets" explores the tragic protests in Tehran, focusing on five Iranians who meet in an alley before their execution, all seen through the eyes of a 10-year-old boy with cerebral palsy. The film, which took three months to create at a cost of about $2,000, reflects the real-life clashes between Iranian authorities and civilians that resulted in at least 7,000 deaths and over 50,000 arrests, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency. Director Ash Koosha emphasized that the film serves to honor those who lost their lives and to give a voice to families in Iran who cannot speak out.
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(UPDATED May 27, 2026 16:33 UTC)
The film "Dreams of Violets," produced and directed by brothers Ash and Pooya Koosha, is set to premiere at the Tribeca Festival on June 10, 2026. This feature-length narrative film is notable for being entirely generated by AI and aims to highlight the Iranian civilian resistance through a fictional dramatization of events surrounding the massacre of Iranian civilians that occurred last January. Marking a significant milestone, "Dreams of Violets" is the first full-length, live-action film created by AI to be accepted by a marquee film festival.